This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

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Vol. 76, No. 241 

Thursday, December 15, 2011 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

7 CFR Part 331 

9 CFR Part 121 

[Docket No. APHIS–2009–0070] 

RIN 0579–AD09 

Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection 

Act of 2002; Biennial Review and 

Republication of the Select Agent and 

Toxin List; Amendments to the Select 

Agent and Toxin Regulations 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: We are reopening the 

comment period for our proposed rule 

that would amend and republish the list 

of select agents and toxins that have the 

potential to pose a severe threat to 

animal or plant health, or to animal or 

plant products, reorganize the list of 

select agents and toxins based on the 

relative potential of each select agent or 

toxin to be misused to adversely affect 

human, plant, or animal health, and 

amend the regulations in order to add 

definitions and clarify language 

concerning security, training, biosafety, 

biocontainment, and incident response. 

This action will allow interested 

persons additional time to prepare and 

submit comments. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

proposed rule published October 3, 

2011 (76 FR 61228), is reopened. We 

will consider all comments that we 

receive on or before January 17, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2009-0070- 

0035. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2009–0070, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at http:// 

www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2009-0070 or 

in our reading room, which is located in 

room 1141 of the USDA South Building, 

14th Street and Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC. Normal reading 

room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. To be sure someone is there to 

help you, please call (202) 690–2817 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Charles L. Divan, Branch Chief, APHIS 

Agriculture Select Agent Program, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 2, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; (301) 734– 

5960. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 3, 2011, we published in the 

Federal Register (76 FR 61228–61244, 

Docket No. APHIS–2009–0070) a 

proposal to amend and republish the list 

of select agents and toxins that have the 

potential to pose a severe threat to 

animal or plant health, or to animal or 

plant products, reorganize the list of 

select agents and toxins based on the 

relative potential of each select agent or 

toxin to be misused to adversely affect 

human, plant, or animal health, and 

amend the regulations in order to add 

definitions and clarify language 

concerning security, training, biosafety, 

biocontainment, and incident response. 

Comments on the proposed rule were 

required to be received on or before 

December 2, 2011. We are reopening the 

comment period on Docket No. APHIS– 

2009–0070 for an additional 30 days. 

This action will allow interested 

persons additional time to prepare and 

submit comments. We will also consider 

all comments we receive between 

December 3, 2011, and the date of this 

document. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 12th day of 

December 2011. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–32240 Filed 12–14–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

10 CFR Parts 429 and 431 

[Docket No. EERE–2010–BT–TP–0044] 

RIN 1904–AC37 

Energy Conservation Program for 

Certain Commercial and Industrial 

Equipment: Test Procedures for HighIntensity Discharge Lamps 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) proposes to establish its 

test procedures for high-intensity 

discharge (HID) lamps under the Energy 

Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 

(EPCA), as amended. The proposed test 

procedures are based on industry 

standard procedures and practices 

already established by the American 

National Standards Institute (ANSI), the 

Illuminating Engineering Society of 

North America (IES), and the 

International Commission on 

Illumination (Commission 

Internationale de l’Eclairage (CIE)). The 

proposed test procedures would include 

measurement of parameters to enable 

calculation of lamp efficacy (in lumens 

per watt or lm/W), and would also 

provide for the efficiency measurement 

of directional lamps using center beam 

intensity (in candelas) and beam angle. 

The proposed procedures would also 

measure lumen maintenance (i.e., the 

fraction or percentage of lamp light 

output relative to initial output, over 

time) at 40 percent and 70 percent of 

rated lamp lifetime. Correlated color 

temperature (CCT) and color rendering 

index (CRI) would also be measured as 

potential means to delineate equipment 

classes for HID lamps. This notice of 

proposed rulemaking (NOPR) also 

discusses DOE’s conclusion that HID 

lamps do not operate or use energy in 

standby mode or off mode. Therefore, 

DOE does not propose test procedures 

for these modes. 

DATES: DOE will hold a public meeting 

on Thursday, January 19, 2012, from 

9 a.m. to 2 p.m., in Washington, DC. The 

meeting will also be broadcast as a 

webinar. See section V, ‘‘Public 

Participation,’’ for webinar registration 

information, participant instructions, 


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